Date: Sun, 06 Apr 2008 23:56:05 +0200 From: =?utf-8?Q?Dag-Erling_Sm=C3=B8rgrav?= <des@des.no> To: Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> Cc: freebsd-hackers@freebsd.org, dino <dino@unitix.org> Subject: Re: bug in /bin/sh?!? Message-ID: <86ej9i3ax6.fsf@ds4.des.no> In-Reply-To: <47F913AE.3040604@elischer.org> (Julian Elischer's message of "Sun\, 06 Apr 2008 11\:17\:18 -0700") References: <47F8C1B3.4030902@unitix.org> <47F913AE.3040604@elischer.org>
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Julian Elischer <julian@elischer.org> writes:
> "A B C" is a single value tha thappens to contain spaces.
> so, yes there is no splitting at that point.
Unfortunately, I do not have a copy of the original Bourne shell, but
bash in both bash and sh mode disagrees; zsh in both sh and ksh mode
disagrees; pdksh disagrees; the original AT&T ksh disagrees; and I too
disagree, since the expansion is not quoted.
${HOME+A B C} expands to A B C which should be split.
DES
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Dag-Erling Sm=C3=B8rgrav - des@des.no
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